What are they made of? In antiquity, the bricks were made of mud and put to dry in the sun. Today bricks can be made of different materials such as shale, soft slate, calcium silicate, concrete, shaped from quarried stone.Clay it's an important material because it’s the most commo
What are they used for? Bricks are used for constructions such as in facades, walls and pavement. Also bricks are used in the metallurgy and glass industries.They have variable uses, especially refractory bricks such as silica, magnesia, chamotte and neutral.This type of brick must have good thermal shock resistance, refractoriness under load, high melting point, and satisfactory porosity.
How many types of brick are there?I know a few bricks types, such as: mud bricks, fly ash bricks, dry pressed bricks, extruded bricks, and calcium silicate bricks.
What is the meaning of brick laying techniques? It's the way people decide to put lay of bricks. On the construction these are also aesthetic and give strength to the structure
Describe 2 brick laying techniques The most common is called a "Running Bond". It's a row of bricks put over other row, in the union of the bricks the first row put the center brick of the second row.
Another common brick pattern is “Flemish Bond” It is more stronger than most brick patterns and has a nice esthetic quality especially when used with a variety of coloured bricks.
What are their advantages and disadvantages? The “running bond” is very easy to make, but it is not visually interesting. On the other hand the “Flemish bond” is very esthetic and visually dynamic but it is very expensive because it's more difficult to make.
Piazza del Campo.
Piazza del Campo is the most important public space in Siena located in Italy, around the piazza is the Palazzo Pubblico, the square is used to organizate the market and events. The material used around the piazza is the brick wich it's used in pavement, and facade . The red brick is the most used brick, and the way that they used the brick gives organization to the square, and this is important because it gives light to the
Piazza del Campo.
BRICK
The most common is called a "Running Bond". It's a row of bricks put over other row, in the union of the bricks the first row put the center brick of the second row.
Another common brick pattern is “Flemish Bond” It is more stronger than most brick patterns and has a nice esthetic quality especially when used with a variety of coloured bricks.
The “running bond” is very easy to make, but it is not visually interesting. On the other hand the “Flemish bond” is very esthetic and visually dynamic but it is very expensive because it's more difficult to make.
Piazza del Campo.
Piazza del Campo is the most important public space in Siena located in Italy, around the piazza is the Palazzo Pubblico, the square is used to organizate the market and events.The material used around the piazza is the brick wich it's used in pavement, and facade . The red brick is the most used brick, and the way that they used the brick gives organization to the square, and this is important because it gives light to the
Piazza del Campo.
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